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SAS gives investors more time to prepare equity-injection bids
Scandinavian carrier SAS has revised its timeline for equity solicitation, extending the deadlines for investors by four weeks. SAS, which is restructuring under US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, also states that it aims to complete its court-supervised processes around the end of this year. The airline is looking to raise ...
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US House committee approves bill to hike pilot retirement age to 67
A US lawmaking committee has approved a measure that would increase the USA’s mandatory airline-pilot retirement age, spurring criticism from pilot unions and praise from regional airlines.
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A220-500 could spur Airbus to seek second engine option
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has signalled that the airframer will consider offering a second powerplant option for the A220 once it embarks on developing a larger variant of the twinjet. The A220 currently has two models – the -100 and -300 – which are exclusively powered by Pratt & ...
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FlightGlobal’s Sustainability at Paris - What progress is industry making in decarbonisation effort?
In the fourth of FlightGlobal’s video reports on aviation’s sustainability challenge, we look at the progress industry players have made in bringing the technologies that will drive decarbonisation from the drawing board towards deployment
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FlightGlobal’s Sustainability at Paris - Hydrogen for carbon free flight
FlightGlobal talks to disruptors in the aerospace industry who believe hydrogen offers the only true solution to carbon free flight
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FlightGlobal’s Sustainability at Paris - Bringing electric aircraft to market
In the second of four video reports made during the Paris air show, FlightGlobal looks at efforts to bring electric aircraft to market
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FlightGlobal’s Sustainability at Paris - Aviation and its decarbonisation challenge
In the first of four video reports, FlightGlobal looks at the challenges facing the air transport sector to decarbonise
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SITA sees sustainability driving airline demand for operational gains
SITA sees the impetus to cut aviation emissions as helping to drive the deployment of operational tools as well an opportunity to bring change to air traffic control.
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US government to improve Foreign Military Sales process
The US Department of Defense aims to improve the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, to expedite the acquisition of military capabilities by allies and partners.
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Airbus hikes payload specification for A350 freighter
Airbus has hiked the payload capability of the A350 freighter, bringing it up to 111t from the initial level of 109t. Senior vice-president for widebody programmes Florent Massou disclosed the higher figure during a briefing on 14 June. The aircraft emerged towards the end of 2021 and has so far ...
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ANSPs demonstrate trajectory-based operations in Asia-Pacific
Four air navigation services providers (ANSPs) have conducted the world’s first multi-regional, trajectory-based operations (TBOs) with the Boeing 787-10 ecoDemonstrator Explorer aircraft.
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Indonesia to fill fighter gap with 12 Qatari Mirage 2000-5s
Indonesia will acquire 12 Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighters from Qatar in a deal that values the second-hand jets at €733 million ($793 million).
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JetBlue rolls out livery with ‘energised and extended’ tail pattern
US carrier JetBlue Airways will soon start flying the first aircraft painted with its new standard livery – a blue, white and “mint” design that will eventually colour all of its jets.
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FAA requires ‘secondary’ cockpit barriers in new jets
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised a rule requiring new passenger aircraft have “secondary” cockpit barriers, a measure intended to better prevent passengers from storming the cockpit.
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Air Canada plans Vancouver-Singapore flights for April 2024
Air Canada plans to launch non-stop flights to Singapore from its hub at Vancouver International airport beginning in April 2024, a move coming as Singapore Airlines prepares to axe the route.
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CHC Helicopter launches court fight against Irish SAR loss
CHC Helicopter has launched a court protest against the loss of its Irish search and rescue contract, claiming that the government conducted a flawed tender.
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First prototype SSJ-New handed over to flight-test station
Irkut’s first prototype SSJ-New has been formally transferred to the flight-test station, for a series of assessments ahead of its maiden sortie. Ground tests have commenced on the twinjet, an updated version of the Superjet 100 featuring a greater number of Russian-built components. Aerospace firm United Aircraft says the aircraft ...
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Italian, UK air forces sign logistics and maintenance support pact
The air forces of Italy and the UK have signed a joint declaration intended to increase the interoperability of maintenance and logistics provision for their common aircraft fleets.
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Tecnam studies predicted significant range reduction for P-Volt as batteries aged
Tecnam paused the development of its all-electric P-Volt over fears that battery performance would degrade so quickly that within weeks the nine-passenger aircraft would be reduced to flying routes of under 40nm (74km). Announcing the move on 13 June, the Italian airframer said that batteries were not sufficiently mature, and ...
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MBDA to showcase ‘collaborative effector’ strike concept at Paris air show
MBDA will use the Paris air show to update its progress on designing a new class of so-called collaborative effectors: intelligent air-launched weapons which are expected to complement future European sixth-generation fighters.